Rose gold watch

Hello my lovelies.

This is just a short blog post as I wanted to show you all a gift I received from my mum and am absolutely in love with. It's a rose gold watch from Fossil. I believe it's the stella bracelet. 

I've been wanting a rose gold watch for a really long time now and have been deciding between Fossil, Michael Kors or even a Ted Baker one. I didn't really mind which "brand" I had because they're all so beautiful, but Michael Kors is a lot more expensive.

So my mum surprised me with this stunning watch and it's exactly what I wanted. I usually wear very simple bracelets, so for me something like this is quite bulky, but I just think it is such a statement and so classic, but the face that it's rose gold gives it such a feminine and modern touch.

I have been obsessed with rose gold lately, I think it's due to the fact that Ted Baker use a lot of rose gold detailing in their classic collection and as some of my regular readers may know I am a tad obsessed with Ted Baker. I'm constantly looking on Etsy for unique rose gold pieces of jewelery. For those of you who don't know Etsy is an online shop were independent sellers sell their own products, as the majority of things are hand made you can find some really unique and different pieces on there. To check it out just click here.

So I'll leave you with some pictures of my new found love:)

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Loreal nude magique eau de teint review

Hello my lovelies.

So today I'm reviewing a Loreal foundation which this year has crept its way in to every beauty bloggers heart and that is the Loreal nude magique eau de teint. I've been using this product for a couple of months now and feel really happy with it. So I thought why not share some of my thoughts on it. Get a cuppa and enjoy:) 

I was actually really confused with this foundation when it first came out because a lot of American youtubers and beauty bloggers were raving about it and in the USA it looks just as above but I believe it's called liquid powder, I could never see that in the drugstore so I settled for this one haha. I'm Pretty sure they are exactly the same, just with different names. Comment down below if you know what that's all about.  Anyway when I first got it I was quite sceptical as I shook the bottle and it's pure liquid in there, it literally sounded like water, I thought "this definitely is not going to work for me" but hey I gave it a shot anyway and am so glad I did.

Like I said it is pure liquid and that's actually one of its selling points being that it's as water and as light as a feather. Which is very true I love wearing this on days that I want to look "fresh"  but am still not feeling up to meeting the world bare face, or on those no makeup, makeup days. It is just perfect for those days and it blends perfectly in to the skin and feels so weightless, it's one of the only foundations  I feel I don't need to apply everywhere. I apply some on my forehead and chin as I have blemish scarring and a tiny bit to my cheeks to cancel out some of the redness, but I don't feel I need to cover everything. The finish is flawless and so natural, with coverage being light to medium but definitely buildable. It's not a foundation I'd wear for a flawless face on a night out or special occasion, but for natural days it's perfect. I have it in the colours 140 and 150

Like I said it feels like you're literally not wearing anything which I love,I have very oily skin and with the nude magique I very rarely feel oily. I will say though I'm not sure if that's a particularly good thing because It does smell like alcohol, so makes me wonder if it's drying on the skin. Although I haven't personally noticed any drying, it seems to cancel out my oily skin perfectly.

It also has an SPF 18 in it which although this time of year isn't particularly needed it's always handy, especially as I can tell this is one I will love wearing in the summer. 

If you are interested in buying it, it's currently on sale at feel unique.com for £4.99 BARGAIN.

Let me know in the comments below if you have tried this foundation and what you think.

Thanks for reading,

Damaris 

xoxox

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Benefit's Watt's up dupe

Benefit Watt's up dupe

Hello my lovelies. Today I'm writing to you about one of my all time favourite products. Benefit's Watt's up. It's always on my face whether it's for an every day 'work' look or for a night out. It's a product which is so versatile and is always in my handbag. Although not on the cheap side it does last an extremely long time which in my books actually makes it great value for money. 

A highlighter is one of my favourite makeup statements, it just brightens you're face up. I especially love using it just under my brown bone, or on my cheek bone just above my blusher, but there are so many types of highlighters it can be difficult to know which one is best for you. Liquid highlighters, Mac also do some gorgeous powder highlighter, but my absolute favourite is Benefit's Watt's up which I'm sure you all know and love! is a cream stick highlighter. It's absolutely beautiful with a glisten, it's creamy texture makes it super easy to blend and looks so natural. It does unfortunately cost £24.50 but it does last you ages I've had mine since the summer using it basically every day and have hardly made a dent.

So I've made pretty clear I think it's good value for money, but in these hard days we all appreciate a good bargain. So when I went shopping with my mum to buy her some new makeup I was impressed to find a highlighter by No7 in exactly the same format as Watt's up in a creamy stick form.

The No7 Radiance glow highlighter comes in at an amazing £9 and it's honestly just as good as wat's app.

The colours are very slightly different as watts up has more of a gold undertone and No7 has more of a pink underton, but when blended into my skin I honestly can't tell the difference.

I usually apply watts up onto my finger and from then blend it into my brow bone, but No7 actually have formulated it with a rounded edge which does make application a bit easier. It's true that watts up comes with a blending sponge on the other end, but I honestly have never used it.

I'm not going to stop loving Watts up and it is a product which I will always recommend, however I do think the No7 radiance glow is an AMAZING dupe. I have a feeling it may just be in their Christmas collection (correct me if I'm wrong) but it has been out of stock lots lately, so make sure you get your hands on it.

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Lots of love 

Damaris 

xoxox

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My hair care routine

My hair care routine.

Hello my lovelies. So I have very exciting news as I'm going to have a complete transformation with my hair. YAAAAY. I'm really excited as I'm going for something completely different. So here's the story: two years ago I cut my hair as it was in terrible condition, I went from having really long hair to a short bob:( heart braking I know. I loved it for about a week and then hated it, and if you'd like to know my huge confession : I've only cut it once since ( and that was just a little trim) I've been so desperately trying to grow it long again that I've been too scared to cut it. If I'm honest it's actually not in as bad condition as you may expect, but now that I'm going from dark red hair to brown/BLONDE ombré I'm very concerned about my ends and want to make sure they're in perfect condition as next week they'll be bleached and blonde:0

I'm a bit reluctant in buying loads of products as I find that you can spend so much money on things that don't always do as they say on the tin, so I've been going about it the old fashioned way with natural remedies:) so I thought I'd share some of the things I've been doing and that have been working for me:)

So I usually wash my hair every other day as it gets greasy very quickly, using the same shampoo all the time doesn't suit me, so I often switch up. At the moment I'm using Elvive triple resist and it's working a treat, but the night before I wash my hair I get some coconut oil and melt it to body temperature (in the palm of my hand) and rub that into the ends of my hair and then sleep in a braid. 

In the morning I'll then melt some more coconut oil in the microwave so it's hot (but don't burn yourself)  and massage it into my scalp as it stimulates hair growth and boy does it work. 

When washing my hair I leave my conditioner is as long as possible and then when drying my hair and don't rub as this can cause breakage, I just gently squeeze the hair with a towel and then comb through. The only product I am using is the Tresemé split remedy on my ends after combing my hair and I'm sure this works wonders. I sometimes also put some in my ends in the morning when it's dry as the texture isn't stiff or sticky you wouldn't even notice it's there.

That's my general hair care routine, but as I'm taking extra care with it at the moment I am doing a hair mask every few days to keep it amazing. 

Here is a picture of me and my lovely Dad and you can really see the colour and length of my hair

These are some of my favourite masks.

Avocado and olive oil. I'm not too sure what's so amazing in the avocado, but something in it just transforms my hair(comment down below if you know what it is) I then mix it with olive oil which of course is extremely moisturising. I'll leave this on my hair for about 30 mins and the wash off. Just be sure to get rid of all the chunks. Ewww. Hehe:)

Egg white and honey. Egg whites have loads of protein and is great at reconstructing, the honey again super moisturising and the mixture works a treat. I leave this in my hair for about 20 mins and then wash off.

There's then lots of small things I'm trying which are all together great for your hair like drinking plenty of water, staying away from heat tools and eating a diet full of vitamins and proteins.

I can't wait to show you all the before and after of my hair. Make sure you let me know if you have any of your own tips to keep my hair in amazing condition.

Love Damaris 

xoxox

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This is the picture I am showing my hairdresser

Of how I would like my hair, but maybe

even a little blonder.

The blog fashion tag.

Tag: The fashion blog

Hello my lovelies so today I'm doing the fashion tag designed especially for bloggers! I firstly want to say that my style does change depending on the season whether it's summer or winter etc. I'd imagine we're all like that so I'm going to answer the questions as my style right now, and just so you all know it is autumn here in the UK or Fall as some of you lovely Americans may call it:) 

So after that loveeeeely ramble lets jump right in:)

1) who is your fashion role model? 

So I think there's two people who spring to mind who In my eyes never make a fashion mistake and that is Fearne Cotton and Zoe(lla) Sugg I think they both just have the most amazing style and I always look at them in awe! I'm pretty sure that everything suits them because I honestly can't think of an occasion were I thought "eurg hate what Fearne's wearing" or "Oh no Zoe that was a bad choice." So well done ladies and PS can I please have your wardrobes?;) hehe 

  2) How would you describe your style? 

I don't think I could tag my style because I like a wide variety of clothing and it really  depends on the occasion, but I would say my style is quite casual I'm not the type that would wear heels shopping. Although that looks great on some people I'm just not one of them. But having said that I love "pretty" clothes. I'm most likely to be seen in skinny jeans and a jumper. This is one of my favourite jumpers at the moment the detailing is just so beautiful. It has pearls and small Jewell's and the shoulders are cut out. It's from Miss Selfridge and cost me £39.

3) What is you favourite: Jeans, sunglasses or heels? 

This answer is easy for me although I love them all, but one definitely jumps out at me and it's jeans!!! I keep my favourite pair of Lacoste sunglasses in my car, but usually forget to put them on my head:/ and although I love heels and have far too many pairs (although still not enough) I don't wear them on a regular basis. But jeans are my fashion staple, they have to be skinny jeans but I just feel that they compliment my figure more than leggings or jeggings and well a pair of black skinny jeans?? You just cant go wrong.

4) What inspired you to blog about fashion? 

Well I love all things beauty related makeup, fashion, health, nails etc. it's just something which I have a soft spot for, and I don't recommend this but unfortunately most of my wages are spent on clothes, it's just a love of mine. After getting into watching YouTube videos and reading beauty blogs I could spend all my evening just on the beauty related social media sites and it really inspired me to do it myself. I don't think I'm quite brave enough to film, but I am loving writing my blog:)

5) What is your favourite fashion store? 

Mine is definitely Miss selfridge I love it and the style is right up my alley. Apart from that I also love Zara and I actually also love Dorothy Perkins. I don't think this shop gets enough hype, but I actually love it and have got some of my favourite items of clothing from there.

6) What is your favourite fabric in clothing? 

I think this is a really bizzare question and I don't particularly have a favourite fabric, but I will say that at the moment I am of course loving knitts for the autumn. Knitted jumpers, hats, scarves the whole Sha-bang. 

7) What are your favourite designers? 

So If I'm honest with you guys I'm not much of a designer type of gal. I'd rather buy 20 items of high street clothing than 1 designer thing. That's just my preference. Make sure you comment saying what you would rather, having said that there is only one which I am OBSESSED with and that's Ted Baker I actually have quite a few things including a large makeup bag, my iPad case, a dress, a few tops and a few other bits. LOVE

8) Who or what inspires your style? 

Like I've said I very much have my own style and never copy anyone else's because I know I have my own body shape for example like I said earlier on I LOVE Zoe's fashion style, however Zoe is beautifully slim and leggings/jeggings really compliment her figure. I am very happy with my figure and would never wish I had anyone else's figure, but it is different to hers. Like Zoe I'm short at 5"3 but I have those lovely curvy latin thighs and wearing leggings is not always the best look for me. So I'd definitely say her and Fearne isnpire my style, but I adapt it to myself. I also just have my own style I love browsing through the shops and just putting things together:) 

I hope you enjoyed reading this blog and finding out a bit more about me! I'm going to start doing an OOTD at least once a week on my twitter so make sure your following me on there @inspirelatin.

I tag you all to do this blog and make sure you comment down below if you do so I an check it out 

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Love Damaris 

November Favourites

Hello my lovelies and welcome to blog for another post! I realise I've been posting a lot lately, but I've been really motivate to write and there's loads I want to share with you do I'm making the 

most of it.

So getting into the actual theme of the blog! I can't believe another month has passed and almost another year!

I've tried and loved a few things this month ad thought I would share some of my favourites with you!!:) so with outs further a due lets get straight in to it. 

One of my absolute favourites at the moment is the maybeline gel liner in black! This is an all time favourite of mine but I thought it definitely deserved a little shout out! I've been using the gel line for well over a year now and have almost taken it for granted until I decided to give it a break and realised I just couldn't go with out it! It's AMAZING and this little guy does not receive nearly as much credit as it deserves. I can not say enough good things about it. It's definitely the easiest eye liner to apply and it so way to customise the line to exactly how you want it. I find that some eye liners they are either fine or not and it's hard to get an in between. It's also so smooth to apply and is jet black. It looks absolutely flawless:) definitely check here if you want to check it out.

So my next favourite is the lasting finish colour rush crayons by rimmel London I did mention these in my rimmel vs clinique blog if you haven't seen that click here, but the more I use them the more I fall in love with them I have the colours 600 on fire which is a stunning coral colour and I also have the colour 220 rumor has it which is my favourite it's a stunning berry colour you can build it up for a really intense colour or if you wear it light handed it's a lovely pink berry colour! I think they have about 6 or 7 different colours out and I think this weekend I'm going I go back and purchase the rest, because I just love them. They're again so easy to apply with a smooth finish! I have really dry lips and find that most lip sticks sink into the cracks looking horrible!:( but these are actually really hydrating AND if that wasn't enough the colour lasts all day!!! AMAZING 

 I've also been loving coconut oil this month! My mum bought me a pot of it and I honestly didn't know what to use it for so after doing some blog searching;) I began using it pretty much everywhere! I use it to moisturise my legs which are unfortunately really dry? I sometimes use it to remove eye makeup, and lately I've been using it on my hair! I refuse to cut my hair and have a few split ends here and there but the cold English weather has definitely had an effect on it as the ends especially are so dry and actually quite straw like! So I've been taking a bit of cocunut oil letting it melt in the palm of my hand and putting it in the ends of my hair, getting my beauty sleep an washing it in the morning, this has been working a treat:) (if you have any more home remedies to fix my dry/split ends please comment below) 

 

I've also been loving the No7 cleansing water which again I've been using to death, I've been using it to remove my makeup(even eye makeup) as it seems to just dissolve my makeup and in days that I'm not wearing any makeup (trust me those days exist) or in the mornings I've just been applying it to my face with a cotton pad I will admit I've not noticed any drastic changes to my skin, but it does leave it feeling lovely and fresh! Wahaaaay we like that feeling!

Lastly but not least of course I'm going to through in two things which aren't beauty related, but I've still been loving this month, one of which is candles and fairy lights! I love having the lights off the candles burning and my fairy lights on it just makes me feel so warm and cosy:) one of my favourite scents is orchid and sweet cocunut! But Yankee candle have a new wood wick collection which I cannot wait to try! 

So those are all of my favourites. Leave me a comment down below if your done a favourites blo so I can check it out.

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DIY Autumn decor inspiration

Hello my lovelies so the last couple of years door handle hangers have been very "in" and there re some beautiful ones out there trust me I have purchased a good amount. I just think there something small and simple which adds loads of personality to a room and I just love them. I've also lately been into doing a few DIY projects especially to spice up my bedroom which is why I ended up making this. I love this I think it's so cute and very festive/autumny (if that's even a word) 

So I came up with this idea when I received my most recent graze box( if you want to know more about Graze and even get a code to get your own free graze box Click here) and now tht it's nearly Christmas their box was this pattern full of birds and reindeers, snowflakes and birds! I'm really into these colours at the moments they just make me feel warm and cosy. So as soon as I got my box (and free eating the brownies that arrived;) I knew I just had to UPcycle it as it was far too pretty to just throw away. So I thought this would be a perfect and really eat to do idea.

So if you are a member of graze or have another nice pattern you would like to UPcycle here is how I made mine. I took the piece of card and on the back drew a heart, I advise drawing it bigger than you actually want because I find that something always goes wrong:/ hehe. 

Once you finished cutting and your happy with your heart get a hole punch and punch ONE hole near the top and in the middle of the heart (be careful not to do it too near the top, because it could rip and that is definitely not cool:/) 

Then take this string like thing I'm not too sure what it's actually called, but it's quite straw like! I'm sure any string will do though! You can take a single piece of it but I decided I wanted to braid mine for a prettier look! Once you've finished just tie it through the hole and hang it somewhere! 

BAAAM you're done it's as simple as that I'm actually thinking of adding some glitter to it so I may to that later but for the moment I'm really happy with it.

I can't wait to see your ones so make sure you tweet them to me on Inspirelatin

Until next time

Love Damaris 

xoxoxox  

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